It was brought up on one of the many blogs I read/surf, and now I am wondering too...
In a nutshell... say you purchase a pattern and either never use it, or discover once you try it that either you don't like it, or it's not in your scale or level of crafting... would it be legal to resell said pattern? Or, what about pattern exchanges in the same scope?
I really am curious!
TIA,
Noreen
I am not a lawyer, and don't know the law specific to this question- I can look it up if you'd like- but I think if the intent of the purchase is personal- not just to resell, you should be safe.
I would be guess whether the discussions you spoke of liken the pattern copyright to music or video copyrights which give royalties to the artists or if they group the patterns with books. I'd think they were more like books. With books it would be illegal to copy and sell as your own work, and illegal to copy and distribute without written permission, unless there is no copyright or it is expired.
Now,If you are just giving away or selling something you bought, not trying to pass it off as your own design it shouldn't violate copyright laws. If it is illegal to resell or give away lots of garage sales, and every book resale shop will be out of business.
I think the original blog poster was thinking along the lines of: In a nutshell... say you purchase a pattern and either never use it, or discover once you try it that either you don't like it, or it's not in your scale or level of crafting... would it be legal to resell said pattern? Or, what about pattern exchanges in the same scope? so, along those lines, that's how I phrased my question... so... your thought: If it is illegal to resell or give away lots of garage sales,
makes sense to me. Thanks for your input. I'm getting comments on my blog about it, and am sure the original blog poster is too. Thanks Noreen
Yes you can resell or swap the originally purchased pattern as long as you don't keep a copy of it.
I don't know about the original blog poster, but my question is certainly NOT making copies and selling them, I MEANT, selling the one unusable copy you have.... Noreen
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Noreen, I don't know the laws in USA, but from common sence, if I either I would give it away, or sell it without getting any profit, it is MY private business. "I cannot use it, if YOU want it instead, you can just pay me the cost".
People sell patterns on Ebay every day. May be it is a problem if they are overprized. But if it is an old pattern, and you cannot get it elsewhere, I cannot see why you cannot sell an original pattern which YOU have bought.
If it is a new one, and the seller takes an overprize, I think I would prefer to buy it in a shop, so I think the prize question will solve itself. I cannot understand that any seller will get a profit out of that.
I cannot see this can be any question or problem at all!!
The problems starts if you copy, to make a sort of earning on a bought pattern.
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That's what *I* meant, Sarah, I'm not sure what the original blog poster meant, but I was curious. Of course, I'm talking about a SINGLE pattern one has purchased, and decided they can't use or don't like, and... as you commented, NOT keeping a copy of same. Thanks for your input. Noreen
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